10 killed, 11 injured in highway accident

The journey to celebrate Raksha Bandhan
with their kin ended on a tragic note for the passengers of a jeep when
their vehicle collided head on with a container truck coming from the
opposite direction near Chandwaji village on Jaipur-Delhi highway.

TNN | Aug 21, 2013, 06.49 AM IST

JAIPUR: The journey to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with their kin ended on a tragic note for the passengers of a jeep when their vehicle collided head on with a container truck coming from the opposite direction near Chandwaji village on Jaipur-Delhi highway. Ten passengers including an infant were killed while 11 others were injured.

According to Chandwaji police, an overloaded jeep carrying nearly 21 passengers was on its way to Chandwaji from Chomu on Tuesday afternoon at 2 am. "When the jeep was passing through the link road on the highway, a rashly driven container truck collided head on with it. The front part of the truck bumped into the front part of the jeep. It was a nasty collision. Some villagers informed us about it. When we reached the spot, nine persons were already killed. With the help of metal cutters the bodies were taken out," said Yusuf Ali, station house officer, Chandwaji police station.

He said that 10 injured passengers were among those who leaped off the vehicle .

Following the accident, the Jaipur-Delhi highway remained jammed for almost 3 hours. Annoyed villagers and other passengers shouted slogans against the police and blocked the road.

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